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Final grades will be based on the following

1 Line/wire project

2 Wood/color

3 Space/cardboard

4 Blog/research (50 posts not 10 individual images and do not post all of them at the end)

5 Three quizzes 

6 Participation and Attendance

You get two free absences.  Three lates equals one absence.  Read the syllabus:  

ATTENDANCE:

Attendance is mandatory.  Not only is this common courtesy, but missing a class, being late, unprepared, etc. affects your performance and my ability to conduct class and help others at the most effective level.  Only 2 absences will be excused.  Any additional absences above 2 will lower your final grade by HALF of one letter grade for each additional absence.  More than 6 absences will result in a failing grade. 

You may work off a 3rd absence by: write a 2-page analysis/ reaction to a 3-D art related show/visiting artist lecture.  This is an academic and research based essay so it should be written as such with adequate importance placed upon content, structure, spelling and grammar.  This paper will be accepted no later than two weeks before the final class day. (November 20, for FA2013)

I don't want anyone to be surprised at the end.

Please make sure you are posting research on your blog and check ASUlearn for your attendance

Due December 8th

We only have six classes left! 

Read pages 262 -270 in Launching the Imagination. 

PROJECT 3  

3D FORM: Wearables/Space/interactions

MATERIALS/TOOLS: Cardboard, utility knife, hot glue gun, paper tape, ruler, and scissors.

PROCEDURE:  The primary objective of this project is to design and construct a wearable sculpture. Your wearable should cover at least 75% of your body and be as light as possible. When worn your piece should not only have a profound prescience but it should attempt to transform the space that it occupies.  Build at least TWO models in poster board or paper to help determine construction, scale and wear-ability.  The models should represent two separate ideas. One model will be chosen for translation into cardboard.

CONSIDERATIONS:  The project addresses the relationship of form and function, the physical potential and limits of materials, the interaction of form, space and the effects of scale in relationship to the body.  The translation of models to a larger scale may produce unexpected technical problems and/or visual shortcomings.  Try to convey the physicality of a form that is life-size.  The integration of physical concerns with visual concerns is critical.  Don’t consider this project jewelry or a costume. Think of it more as wearable sculpture. Think of the piece as a transceiver, both transmitting and receiving a message when worn. In any case, DO NOT WASTE CARDBOARD.  Just because it is big doesn’t mean it is good.

IMPORTANT: Students should try to work inside the 3D classroom if possible.  If working in the hallway, pedestrian passage must be respected at all times.  Cleanup and organization of tools and materials are critical since the hallway is a main thoroughfare in the Fine Arts building.  These projects will be graded by the following class period.  Students are expected to recycle or remove them no later than the class.  All projects should be documented during class but you should take at least two photos in an alternative setting.  

Plan accordingly.  Be neat with construction will help play an important role in determining your grade.

STEP ONE:  Find your materials and tools.  Make models and plan accordingly.

STEP TWO:  Process your material.  What kind of texture can you create with cardboard? How far will it bend? Is it stronger in one direction and not the other?

STEP THREE: Find a model or a mirror.  Test fit your parts before you finalize

STEP FOUR: Execute.

STEP FIVE: Record findings/research on your blog. Find research material IE: artists, doodles etc.  Research! Research! Research!

wood project

Last day to work on the wood project in the wood shop during class will be November 10th.  The project will be due November 12th.  

All projects must be dry and free of fumes. This means that all painting must be completed by November 11th!

Your project must be installed in the atrium (front of art building) and ready to be critiqued.

Remember the guidelines for the project

Guidelines and Considerations: 

• The sculpture must be “in the round”.  It may be mounted to a wall, just avoid relief.
• The sculpture should be no smaller than 30”. 
• The design should incorporate at least two different types of joinery.
• The wood must be finished or treated in some way: paint, stain, sealer, shellac, wax, etc.
• You may use more than one modular form in the composition.
• You may alter the modular form(s) as you repeat them.  Consider variations in size, shape, or idea for a sense of gradation.